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NEWS REPORT ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Cases of domestic violence against men increase in Inhambane.
The number of men victims of domestic violence in Inhambane is increasing. Last
year, 318 men went to the Integrated Service Centers to report mistreatment by their
partners. The districts of Jangamo and Zavala are those with the most cases recorded.

2. NEWS REPORT ABOUT EARLY MARRIAGES

Girls under 18 years of age are still forced to marry prematurely, a situation that
occurs with greater incidence in the provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado and
Inhambane. Civil Society says that the fight against the phenomenon that affects
public health depends on the implementation of the Law to Prevent and Combat
Premature Unions.

3. NEWS REPORT ABOUT HIV/AIDS

Lack of prevention, sexual violence, abandonment of treatment and supposed
vulnerability of young people are identified as the main causes of the high number of
HIV-AIDS infections in this age group in Mozambique. The growing number of
infected people has worried the Mozambican Government and civil society, who are
committed to reducing new infections.

4. NEWS REPORT ABOUT MALARIA

The incidence of malaria is worrying in Cabo Delgado province, with more than half
of positive cases per thousand people tested. The distribution of mosquito nets with
insecticides and raising awareness about environmental sanitation and behavior
change will be the health sector's efforts to prevent the disease.

5. NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE ABUSE OF ALCOOL

The wave of drug consumption and alcohol abuse is growing in schools, especially at
primary and secondary levels in Mozambique. The concern was expressed by the
Mozambican Youth Organization, (OJM), and also by the police, which calls on
society to join forces in the fight against this phenomenon.
6. NEWS REPORT ABOUT CRIMINALITY
Analysts argue that reflection on crime should begin in the Government.
Organized crime reduced by more than 600 cases in the last 12 months, with
emphasis on kidnappings, which reduced to six cases, with more than 30
detained. The information was provided, this Wednesday, by the President of
the Republic, at the opening of the Coordinating Council of the Ministry of
Interior.

7. NEWS REPORT ABOUT CHOLERA

Cholera leaves one dead and thirteen hospitalized in Maputo province
Cholera cases are increasing around the world, especially in Africa. One person
died from cholera and 13 were hospitalized in the last week in Maputo
province. The disease infected 60 people in just over a month in the same
province. According to hospital authorities, all cases are concentrated in the
district of Moamba, with greater weight in Ressano Garcia.

8. NEWS REPORT ABOUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Freedom of the press and expression in Mozambique is only on paper, there is
nothing freedom about it, because we are not free”, says Kelly Mwenda, also a
professor at Escola Superior de Jornalismo.
In the city of CHIMOIO, the precarious contractual and working conditions of
a considerable number of Mozambican journalists, associated with political
pressure, have conditioned freedom of the press and expression, whose rates
have declined significantly in recent years in the country.